During the first nine months of 2007, consolidated revenue and income from banking transactions rose by 5.3% to €46,547 million (previous year: €44,211 million). The largest two contributors to this increase were the contract with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), which commenced on 1 October 2006, in the DHL Exel Supply Chain business and the Williams Lea Group, which has been included since 1 April 2006. Although currency effects reduced revenue by €720 million, the proportion of revenue generated outside Germany increased from 58.9% to 60.6% year-on-year.